Friday, August 31, 2012

Hey ya’ll Jaime here! Welcome to my stop on the Authors Are
Rockstars tour! We’ve saved the best for last or at least in my opinion the
best. My author is Maria V. Snyder and she is one of my all-time favorite
authors and a really cool person as well! Oh yeah and there's two awesometastic giveaways as well so keep reading and fill out the rafflecopter forms below!!

So why do I think Maria deserves this rockstar status? Quite
simply because she does! Maria’s books were introduced to my life when I was
reading nothing but Paranormal and Urban Fantasy YA and adult both. When I
first grabbed Poison Study I was
worried I may not like it because I hadn’t read High Fantasy in a long time!
Like since before high school long time. But I shouldn’t have been worried, her
world building and beautiful writing grabbed me at page one! Yelena the heroine
in the story was so different than any of the others I had read! She jumped off
the page and slapped me, hard, and I immediately loved her for it. I also met
my #1 book boyfriend of all time in this series Valek.

My love for her books grew with each one I read. I finished the Study series quickly and jumped right into her Glass series. When those were finished I scavenged her website for her short storiesof Sitia
and Ixia. I couldn’t get enough of the world and the characters! These are the
two series I re-read a lot!

Maria then wrote a sci-fi/dystopian for the YA crowd Inside
Out and followed it with Outside In and I fell for those books too. In my
opinion they ended way too early I could have read more of that world. I loved
Trella and Riley.

Maria started a new High Fantasy series The Healer books and I
devoured book 1, Touch of Power in
one sitting and I am dying to get my hands on book 2, Scent of Magic which will be out in December! Oh and I’ve also read
all of her short stories in any anthology she has been in!

Ok so enough about Maria’s books remember I said she was a
cool person? Well while I was scouring her site I found
ways to get signed bookplates by answering trivia. And oh boy I sent her email
after email with my answers lol do you think she got annoyed? Nope she was
awesome even gave me hints when I got a few answers wrong. Then she sent me all
my bookplates at one time. We even chat on facebook sometimes even though she
isn’t on there much. And oh boy do I wish she had twitter but then I’d probably
never leave her alone lol. Oh and her covers are gorgeous right? Well you
should check out the foreign versions! Her UK covers are some of my favorites!
Check them out in her Cover Gallery!

But enough about why I love Maria. She has an awesome post for
me to share with you check it out!!!!! This is Janco's advice for what you should do if you find yourself under a magical attack :)

Magic
Sucks

by Janco,
Second-in-Command of Ixia’s Security and all around fantastic guy.

So I’m
writing this down because my boss, Valek ordered me to. I don’t really want to, but hey, Valek’s the
scariest dude in Ixia and you don’t say no to him. Ever.
Anyway he seems to think it’s important that I explain to the new
recruits how I know someone is using magic, but I’m not promising this will be
well written or spelled correctly – if you can’t read my writing, well that’s
too bad for you.

And I
don’t know if anyone else can really feel magic, so, if after reading this you
think I’m crazy, then you probably can’t feel magic.

So how do
I do it? It’s complicated so pay attention, puppy dog! The lower half of my
right ear had been cut off by a big brute intent on decapitating me. Nice guy,
right? Anywho, my scar starts to hurt
when magic’s being used. It burns when it’s strong magic so I know I’m in big
trouble when it feels like someone jammed a hot poker into my ear.

Now, I
also get this creepy crawly sensation along my skin when there’s magic from
different sources. I can’t stand being in the Magician’s Keep in Sitia. Creepy Keepy is what I call it just for that
reason. It’s almost as if a million tiny
bugs are skittering along my skin. It’s
nasty believe me.

And I
should tell you that magic has a weight.
To me, the air around me feels…heavy at times and sometimes it
lacks…substance as if the magician has changed the very air itself.

Now
here’s a bit of advice on what to do if you’re under a magical attack. Most of
the time you’re screwed, but there are a few tricks I’ve learned. If you suspect a magician is reading your
mind, jumble your thoughts! Think of
lots of random things, concentrate on useless trivia or go over training drills
in your head. It makes it harder for
them to pick out the important stuff.

If your
body is doing things you wouldn’t normally do, a magician probably has control of your muscles. In that case, relax,
puppy dog, you’re trapped. Nothing you can do.
However, if you’re having bad thoughts – ideas like strangle the
good-looking Second-in-Command, you need to resist those inclinations. Count numbers backward in your head. It works, trust me.

Yes,
magic sucks. Magicians have an unfair
advantage and are sneaky little devils. Well, except my good friend,
Yelena. She’s the Soulfinder, but she’s
super cool. She never used her magic on
me unless she asked first. Plus she’s
one of the good guys. Ixia and Sitia would be majorly messed up without her. So
not ALL magicians suck, just ninety-nine percent of them.

Okay –
end of lesson, puppy dog. If you suspect
someone has magic, report it to me or Valek, pronto. Don’t try to be a
hero. Leave that to me.

OK Janco just rocks my world! Thanks so much Janco and Maria
for stopping by. Oh and I’m lucky to have two awesome giveaways for you today!
Harlequin Teen has donated one of Maria’s books to one lucky winner and Maria
threw in a complete set of her Glass series with the UK covers that’s open
Internationally!!!!!! Fill out the Rafflecopter Forms and good luck!

Today
we have the Evergreen Blog tour Stop!
I love this book and not just because I got to beta read it but I’m a character
in it as well! And because I’m a character I thought it would be cool if I
(yeah both the real me and the me in the book lol) got to interview Brenda and
Galadriel the obnoxious princess who ran away from Natatoria. Also make sure to
comment on this post Brenda will pick one lucky winner from the comments to win
an eBook of Evergreen! And make sure
to go over to her website
where she is giving away a $50.00 amazon Gift card, Signed set of Everblue
& Evergreen and 3 vials of Essence Necklace!!!!

Jaime
begins, “I’m here with Galadriel and Brenda to talk about the latest release of
Evergreen. Welcome.”

“Thank
you,” Brenda says. “It’s nice of you to have us on this lovely afternoon.”

Galadriel
smiles coyly as she sips her tea. “About time I get some attention around here.
It’s the whole Ash and Fin show every day—blah blah blah—such a bore.”

“Oh
… “ Jaime drinks some of her tea to hide her smile. “I did get an impression
it’s quite different for mermen and mermaids in Natatoria.”

“Different
is an understatement,” Galadriel grumbles under her breath. “It’s a prison.”

“So
… um … if you could, would you like the gift of persuasion?”

Galadriel
smiles evilly. “Wouldn’t that be dangerous?”

“In
your hands, I’d think so,” Brenda interjects.

“Yeah,
well … I make do. Boys are weak minded anyway.”

“What
do you mean?” Jaime asks.

“I’d
hoped maybe, from all the books that I’d read in my father’s library, the human
boys were just like how I’d read. Unfortunately I’ve found life on land for the
most part has been just as boring as home, and that authors are nothing but
brutal liars. None of their human boys are real.”

Brenda
chokes and almost spits her tea all over Jaime, launching her into a coughing fit.
Jaime gently pats her back. “You okay?”

“Well,
I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but, don’t you think the prospect of
having someone could taint your search for that perfect guy?”

“No,”
Galadriel curtly states.

“Okay,
so moving along. How was life in the palace? What did you do all day?”

Galadriel
yawns. “Mermaid school.”

“And
what did they teach you?”

“How
to be a slave.”

“A
slave?”

Jaime
looks to Brenda.

“Not
entirely,” Brenda interjects. “There’s beauty classes, home care, weaving and
jewelry making, cooking, and even crafts. All fun stuff I’d love to do and learn.”

“Oh,
the joy.” Galadriel places her hands on the table firmly. “But for whom are we
learning all this for? Ourselves? Tell the truth, Brenda. It’s so I can please
some old merman my father expects me to be promised to—so I can kiss his scaly
fin my entire life.”

“Well,
unfortunately, yes, that was his plan for you … but you’ve escaped that fate,
so—”

“But
not my sisters, or the other women of Natatoria. They’re going to follow
customs and be promised to whomever their parents see fit, whether they want to
or not.”

“True,”
Brenda says, “but if you feel this is an injustice, maybe you should return
home, Galadriel, and change things.”

“What?”
Galadriel’s nostrils flare. “As if. You have all the power, my dear. Use your
mighty pen and change it.”

“I
could, but then what’s the fun in that?”

“Fun?
You call a life of servitude fun?” Galadriel snorts. “You try it then if it’s
so fun.”

Brenda
pulls her lips tight. “Believe me, if I could write myself a mermaid tail, I’d
do so in a second. I’d fix a lot of things in this world, but you my dear are
nothing but a fictio—“

“Now,
now…” Jaime interrupts. “Let’s not say things we might regret.”

Brenda
inhaled sharply. “True, Jaime. Thank you. That might be a good idea.”

Galadriel
turns her head. “Well, whatever. Next time I want to be interviewed alone.”

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hey y’all ! My WoW this week is a book I’ve absolutely been dying to get my hands
on! The kicker? I work for the publisher (Entangled Publishing) that it’s
coming from! This one is under lock and key. Just ask Melissa’s publicist how
much I’ve been bugging her for it lol. Oh want to know the book title??? It’s
Gravity by Melissa West! Want to now more? Check out the synopsis below!

Gravity

Melissa West

Release Date: October
16, 2012

Paperback: 400
pages

Publisher:
Entangled Teen

ISBN: 1620610914

In the future, only one rule will matter:
Don’t. Ever. Peek.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.
Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we have a great cover reveal from author Tiffany Truitt and Entangled Publishing. But first here's a bit about Tiffany:

Tiffany
Truitt was born in Peoria, Illinois. A self-proclaimed Navy brat,
Tiffany spent most of her childhood living in Virginia, but don’t call
her a Southerner. She also spent a few years living in Cuba. Since her
time on the island of one McDonald's and Banana Rats (don't ask) she
has been obsessed with traveling. Tiffany recently added China to her list of travels (hello inspiration for a new book).

Besides traveling, Tiffany has always been an avid reader. The earliest books she remembers reading belong to The Little House on the Prairie Series. First book she read in one day? Little Woman(5th
grade). First author she fell in love with? Jane Austen in middle
school. Tiffany spent most of her high school and college career as a
literary snob. She refused to read anything considered “low brow” or
outside the “classics.”

Tiffany
began teaching middle school in 2006. Her students introduced her to
the wide, wonderful world of Young Adult literature. Today, Tiffany
embraces popular Young Adult literature and uses it in her classroom.
She currently teaches the following novels: The Outsiders, Speak, Night, Dystopian Literature Circles: The Hunger Games, The Giver, The Uglies, and Matched.

Tess is finally safe from the reach of the Council, now that she is living in the Middlelands with the rebel Isolationists. With James having returned to Templeton, she easily falls back into her friendship with Henry, though her newfound knowledge of Robert’s chosen one status still stings. Even surrounded by people, Tess has never felt more alone. So she’s thrilled when James returns to the settlement, demanding to see Tess — until she finds out that it’s because her sister, Louisa, has been recruited into Tess’s old position at Templeton, and that the dangerously sadistic chosen one George has taken an interest in her.

NATURALS is the second book in The Lost Souls trilogy, and follows the dystopian hit CHOSEN ONES.

"My father is a control freak, I hate my stepmother, my brother is dead and my mother has...welll...issues. How do you think I am doing?" - opening line of Pushing the Limits No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. Echo and Noah couldn’t be more different, but they find themselves united by a common goal: to sneak into their court- ordered social worker’s case files in order to learn the truth about themselves and their families. What they didn’t count on is falling in love -- and now Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.

About author KatieMcGarry:

Katie McGarry was a teenager duringthe age of grunge and boy bands and she remembers those years as the best andworst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings and realitytelevision, and is a secretUniversity of Kentucky basketball fan.

Writing has given Katie an excuse topursue her passions. Research for her books has provided her with the amazingopportunity to train with baseball players, ride along in a drag car atninety-six miles per hour andexperience boxing and mixed martial arts. Katie loves to visit schools and talkto teenagers about her research, writing and the truth that no dream is out ofreach.

Q: What was yourinspiration for writing Pushing the Limits?

A: I had two maininspirations: One, I knew from the beginning that I wanted to write a story inwhich my characters felt strong enough to leave their pasts behind and createnew futures for themselves. The first scene I ever saw in my mind was Echo andNoah leaving town after graduation. Two, I wanted to write two characters whowere facing over- whelming issues and who, through battling these issues, foundhope at the end of their journey.

Q: How did youcome up with Echo’s name?

A: Echo wentthrough several name changes as I wrote the man- uscript. For a while, she hada very normal name, but it alwaysfelt off. It wasn’t until I looked at Echofrom her mother’s point of view that I found her name. Echo’s mother lovedGreek my- thology so it made perfect sense that she would name her chil- drenafter the myths. I read several Greek myths and the mo- ment I found Echo’s, Ifell in love. Echo, to me, was the girl who lost her voice. Thankfully, shefinds it by the end.

Q: Which characteris the most “like” you?

A: All of them. Igave each character a piece of me (though some have larger slices of me thanothers). Overall, I’d say I’m a strange combination of Echo, Lila and Beth.Echo has my need to please, Lila has my unfailing loyalty to my friends andBeth encompasses my insecurities.

Q: Did youexperience friendships with Grace types when you were in high school?

A: Yes. And themore people have read this story, the more this question comes up. Grace hasstruck a stronger nerve in people than I ever would have imagined. It seemsmost of us have un- fortunately experienced a relationship where a person wantsto “like” you and wants “be your friend,” but only if it serves their needs. Incase anyone is wondering, that isn’t friendship.

Q: Are there anyparts of the story you feel particularly close to?

A: Yes. Therelationship between Noah, Isaiah and Beth. Beyond my parents and sister, mynearest family members were over fourteen hours away. My friends became myfamily. The peopleI grew up with were more than people I watched movies with ortalked to occasionally on the phone. These were people with whom I sharedlife’s most devastating moments, but also my hardest laughs. These were peoplewho I would have willing- ly died for and I know they would have done the samefor me. They shared my triumphs with smiles on their faces and con- gratulatoryhugs. They held me when I cried and offered to beat up whoever hurt myfeelings. These were also the same people who were more than happy to get in myface if they thought I was making a wrong decision.

Q: Did anythingthat happens to Echo happen to you?

A: Sort of. I wasbitten by a dog when I was in second grade and repressed the memory. It feltvery strange to have no memory of an incident that other people knew about. Itwas even strang- er to have injuries and not have an inkling where they camefrom. In college, I finally remembered the incident when a dog lunged at me. Irelived the horrible event and sort of “woke up” a few minutes later to findmyself surrounded by people I loved. Even though I “remember” the incident, Istill don’t remember the whole thing. I only see still frames in my mind andthere is no blood in any of the memories.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Hey y’all today we’re
stoked to be a part of the Fractured Light Blog Tour! We have an excerpt to
share with you! Also fill out the rafflecopter below for your chance to win one
of 3 Necklaces, 5 SIGNED Copies, 10 eBooks!

Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. But she never felt ready to face them---until now. Defying the Auran Council and everything she's been taught, Llona must learn to use her power over light as a weapon if she wants to survive.

“What happened in the woods, Llona?” He was
moving forward but very slowly, probably hoping I wouldn’t notice.

“You should know. You were there.”

“It wasn’t me.”

“So you’re saying it wasn’t you calling my
name and—hunting me?”

Christian froze. “Why did you use that
word?”

“What word?”

“Hunted.”

“Because that’s what it felt like.”

He began moving quickly toward me. “We have
to get out of here now. It’s not safe.” His rushed movements caught me off
guard, and before I could stop to think, I made a mad leap from the bridge. I
thought I’d cleared the wood railing until my hand caught on something. My body
dangled in the darkness like a fish on a hook. I could see nothing but a
bottomless black world. I looked up to see what had stopped me.

Christian was leaning over the ledge on his
stomach, holding my hand. I couldn’t believe he had gotten to me so fast.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Hey y’all! We have the awesome Jennifer L. Armentrout here
today for our stop on the Onxy Blog Tour! She was nice enough to answer some
burning questions we had about her and her books. So check out her answers
below. Also we’re giving away a copy of Obsidian to one lucky person so make
sure to fill out the Rafflecopter form below!

Check out what Jennifer had to say!

Two Chicks- So you’re a busy lady with all
your different books! How do you find the time to write them all (and take care
of Loki) and be online tweeting and on facebook talking to your loyal readers?

Jennifer-
Ha. Sometimes I honestly don’t know. There are
days when I need to disappear into the writing cave. I
guess I just make time for all those things, and Loki sleeps most of the time.

Two Chicks- With such a big presence online.
Do you have a favorite fan encounter?Jennifer- I think
the whole #daemoninvasion tour had some pretty epic fan moments. So did BEA. I
got to meet a lot of readers that I’d spoken with online and watching the
readers interact with Pepe and Sztella was a lot of fun.

Two Chicks- Onyx is really long coming in at
over 400 pages (loved every bit of it btw) is it the longest book you’ve
written?Jennifer- I don’t
think so. I’m pretty sure Pure may have been longer, but the book size is
different so it doesn’t seem that long. If Pure wasn’t longer, it was pretty
close. As was Deity and Apollyon.

Two Chicks- I know I can’t be too spoilery
for the people who haven’t read Onyx but can you give us any hints about what’s
coming in Opal? Because that ending?!?! Wow!!Jennifer- I can
tell you that the ending of Onyx isn’t really that big of deal. And Opal picks
up about a week after Onyx ends.

Two Chicks- Tell us about some of the books
you’ve read lately? What’s really caught your eye? Any recommendations?

Jennifer- I’ve been
in a reading slump and been re-reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Before
then, Sweet Evil and Of Poseidon were really great.

Two Chicks- The Daemon Invasion tour was a
major success! What was your favorite part of the signing tour? How was it
hanging out with Pepe and Sztella? Any craziness go down on the tour?Jennifer- Hanging
out with Pepe and Sztella were my favorite parts. The craziest thing was
probably the mixed drinks my sister made while in Miami. And when a fan asked
Pepe to say “Kitten”

Two Chicks- You drop several bombs in Onyx
that leave us with our jaws on the floor and our heads spinning. Do you enjoy
torturing us? No seriously though…do you outline your books and do you know how
the Lux series in particular will end?Jennifer- I do
enjoy torturing readers. Ha. I don’t plot any of the books I write. Sometimes
the twists even surprise me. It’s a real good feeling at the end of the book
when it actually comes together, lol.

Two Chicks- Daemon is one of our very
favorite characters ever but would you ever date a Daemon Black? Jennifer- I kind of
dated a guy like him. Not the jerk side, but the real snarky and witty side. I
think I’d kill Daemon if he was real and I had to deal with him.

Two Chicks- Even though Daemon comes off as a
pretentious, self-absorbed jerk what would you say is his best quality? Jennifer- He’s
actually very selfless. That’s his best quality.

Two Chicks- Hey we miss your Blog TV chats do
you have anything planned anytime soon?Jennifer- I NEED to
do one soon! Ahhhhh!

Being connected to Daemon Black sucks…
Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarre connection. I’ve sworn him off even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But against all common sense, I’m falling for him. Hard.
Our relationship issues aren’t out biggest problem…
The Department of Defense is here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we’re linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And when a new boy shows up a school with a secret of his own, things get complicated fast. I need to choose between my own instincts and Daemon’s.
But then everything changes…
I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. Daemon’s never going to stop searching until gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?
No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies.

Check out the Onyx
trailer!!!!

About the Author:

Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors
you've heard about her state aren't true. When she's not hard at work writing,
she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies,
pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell,
Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class,
where she spent most of her time writing short stories....which explains her
dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction,
fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult romance under the name
J. Lynn.

Make sure to check out all the other tour stops for awesome posts and chances to win Obsidian, Onyx, or both!

Monday, August 20, 2012

Hey ya’ll Jaime
here! Lisa M. Stasse is my Rockstar author today at Two Chicks! Why is she my
Rockstar you ask? Well quite simply she wrote an amazing book! I posted my
review for The Forsaken and if you
want to see how awesome it is check out my review here! Also Lisa is super nice
when I asked her to be my rockstar she said yes without hesitation and, she sent
me a signed copy of her book and bookmarks! She’s a night owl like me so if you
check around on twitter around one a.m. she’ll probably be there. Oh and she
can rock a book trailer like no other don’t believe me check it out below! And she graciously offered a copy of The
Forsaken for a giveaway today so fill out the rafflecopter form!

About The Forsaken

A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy for fans of The Hunger Games.
As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up.
The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.

Lisa M. Stasse was
born in New York, and has since lived in Spain, Russia, Hawaii, and North
Carolina. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Government and
English lit, and is currently a digital librarian at UCLA.Lisa loves watching science fiction movies,
cooking Spanish food, and dancing around her house to 80′s music.She lives in Santa Monica, California with
her husband and their two-year-old daughter.All three of them are learning how to surf. Where you can find Lisa.

So I've written
and talked a lot about my 10 favorite dystopian novels, but I haven't said much
about my favorite dystopian movies. Which is weird, because I'm obsessed with
movies almost as much as books (especially if they are dystopian/sci fi!) So
anyway, here's a list of my 10 favorite dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies,
along with some thoughts about each one. I'm staring with #10 and moving up to
my #1 favorite dystopian movie of all time. Here we go!

10. THE BOOK OF
ELI. Okay, so this isn't the best post-apocalyptic movie of all time or
anything, but I have to admit that I did NOT see the huge twist coming. Not at
all! That's pretty rare for me. I was completely shocked. I thought this was a
very moving, humanistic take on the post-apocalytic genre.

9. TIME OF THE
WOLF. A highly disturbing European post-apocalyptic movie about a family in
chaos when the apocalypse hits. It is very slow moving, but very powerful. The
director, Michael Haneke, seems to specialize in dark and challenging movies
(CACHE, his thriller about a family besieged by mysterious and ominous
videotapes and drawings, is one of my all-time favorite movies).

8. THE ROAD. This
one is so bleak! Talk about no hope. Probably the most downbeat of any
post-apocalyptic movie I've ever seen. Viggo Mortenson should probably have got
an Oscar nomination for his riveting performance. The movie is not quite as
good as the book by Cormac McCarthy, but it's still fantastic.

7. BATTLE ROYALE.
Thanks to The Hunger Games, I feel like everyone has heard about this Japenese
movie now (due to some similarities in their plots). BATTLE ROYALE is
great--super violent and intense. If you like The Hunger Games movie, you
should probably watch this one!

6. MINORITY
REPORT. This one was definitely an influence on my own novel, THE FORSAKEN, in
terms of the whole "we can predict future crimes before they've even
happened" element. I love this movie because of its great premise and
great performances (yes, even from Tom Cruise!) It's a great mix of thoughtful
dystopian stuff and edgy action sequences. Highly recommended.

5. A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE. A really great movie. It has my favorite dystopian character (Alex) in
it. I love most of Stanley Kubrick's movies (THE SHINING is amazing) and this
one is no exception. It's super brutal, but paints a disturbingly convincing
vision of the future.

4. 28 DAYS LATER.
Yes! Gimme the zombie apocalypse! Everything about this movie is fantastic.
I've seen it about ten times. Intense, creepy and perfect. (The sequel 28 WEEKS
LATER is pretty good too). If zombies are in it, then I am watching it!

3. BLADE RUNNER.
Made when Harrison Ford was at the height of his awesomeness, instead of being
kind of old and grumpy-looking! ;) I just love this movie so much. I remember
renting it in the 90's when I was in high school and loving it obsessively. The
premise is awesome (I won't spoil anything for you) and so is the world of the movie.
It's just an amazing film. Oh yeah, and Rutger Hauer is in it, in a really
badass role, as a rogue "replicant." If you haven't seen it, you
really need to!

2. DARK CITY. I
saw it in the theater when it came out, and I don't think I fully appreciated
its greatness then. My husband is obsessed with this one, so I've watched it a
bunch of times with him, and it really grew on me. It's scary, funny,
weird--and it has a great twist. Plus some seriously creepy villains, and a
pre-24 Kiefer Sutherland. Definitely worth watching.

1. THE MATRIX. I
still think is the best all around post-apocalyptic movie. Keanu Reeves is
quite easy on the eyes, and it's by far his best role ever. This movie
completely blew me away when I first saw it. I haven't watched it in a few
years, but it remains incredibly vivid in my memory. I know everyone loves this
one, so it's not really a surprising choice for a favorite post-apoc/sci fi
movie. But still. It's great! And I'm really excited to see what the
Wachowski's do next--have you seen the trailer for their new movie (an adaption
of the novel CLOUD ATLAS)? Check it out here:

So, that's my
list! Thank you so much for having me on your blog! I really appreciate it.
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